My mom was a frustrated woman, like so many unhappy women who didn't get the opportunities they wanted.
Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it!
To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.
I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.
I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.
I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.
I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.
I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: My religion is loving-kindness. I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself-in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.
We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are successful are not successful because of the president.
The greatest artists have never been men of taste. By never sophisticating their instincts they have never lost the awareness of the great simplicities, which they relish both from appetite and from the challenge these offer to skill in competition with popular art.
If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your mind is negative, marked by fear, suspicion and feelings of helplessness, even among your best friends, in a pleasant atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, you won’t be happy.